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Originally Posted by mikemat

We started with 2, but it wasn't really cutting it for us. We mostly wanted the extra power to make truss shots cleaner and stationary shots more consistent, but we've seen a big jump on range as well. 2 springs forced us to shoot in the middle of the colored zone, 4 lets us shoot from just inside the white zone, and there's still room for us to optimize the shot further.
Edit: And Tyler beat me to it.

I'm curious as to what you're doing that four 40lb constant force springs are only getting you 17 feet. We're using three and (when we have the angle right and aren't battling electrical problems) shoot pretty easily from 17 feet. I know the key for us was making the drum on our winch larger.